costocentral

The costal process becomes separated from the vertebral bow by the development of the costocentral joint.

II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton 1918

Articulations of the Heads of the Ribs (articulationes capitulorum; costocentral articulations) (Fig. 312).

III. Syndesmology. 5e. Costovertebral Articulations 1918

The two joints, costocentral and costotransverse, move simultaneously and in the same directions, the total effect being that the neck of the rib moves as if on a single joint, of which the costocentral and costotransverse articulations form the ends.

III. Syndesmology. 5e. Costovertebral Articulations 1918

—Since these ribs have free anterior extremities and only costocentral articulations with no interarticular ligaments, they are capable of slight movements in all directions.

III. Syndesmology. 5g. Articulation of the Manubrium and Body of the Sternum 1918